Herbert Morawetz

Herbert Morawetz
Born	(1915-10-16)October 16, 1915 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	October 29, 2017(2017-10-29) (aged 102) New York City, U.S.
Nationality	Czechoslovakian, American
Occupation	Chemist
Children	4

Herbert Morawetz (October 16, 1915 – October 29, 2017) was a Czechoslovakian-American chemical engineer. He was a professor of chemistry at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; now New York University. His work focused on polymer chemistry and macromolecules. He published two books: Macromolecules in Solution and Polymers and The Origins and Growth of a Science both Wiley).

Personal life

Herbert's wife Cathleen Synge Morawetz was a prolific mathematician at NYU. His sister Sonja Morawetz Sinclair revealed in 2017 she was a WW2 codebreaker after seven decades of secrecy by Bletchley Park Signals Intelligence. He helped organize the defection of Mikhail Barishnikov from the USSR 1974. His brother, Oskar Morawetz was a Canadian composer. His brother John Morawetz was a Canadian businessman.